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Thanks all. I have tried to do my own crude calcs using examples which I could find on the internet. Roof load -Fixed 1.41 variable 0.75 = 2.16kn/m2 X 7.5m/2 = 8.1kn/m. First floor Floor and ceiling 1kn/m2 Fixed 1.75 kn/m2 variable= 2.75 kn/m2 X 3.2/2m = 4.4 kn/m Masonry wall with plaster...

The beam is covered with wooden panels, so I will need to remove this to confirm but it seems likely that it is the 203 X 102 UB which has been added. Considering that it supports a slate covered roof which spans about 7.5m in total width, a solid plastered brick wall which is about 2.6m in...

Yes that's right, the existing beam is the big worry for me to proceed with any work.

I am considering creating a new doorway in a central load bearing wall in my terraced house on the first floor, as a new entrance to one of the bedrooms. The internal wall is single brick lined about 15cm thick with plaster, and rests on top of a beam which is in my living/dining room. The wall...

Hi, I had a new wooden staircase installed about a year back and this was then painted. The solid wall below the staircase landing has been plasterboarded and then was also skimmed and painted. I have now noticed that the staircase has developed cracks mostly along one of the sides where it...

Thanks, I was going to go for a new soil stack connection but then realised I have a few more issues around this with building control and public sewerage maybe to first sort out. I have created a new thread in the building regs section. Appreciate further advice...

Hi, I want to get an ensuite built on the first floor. This it seems will require a new foul pipe connection to be made to an existing manhole in the side return section of my garden. The existing soil pipe runs from a downstairs bathroom into the ground so may be more difficult to connect to...

Thanks very much, will definitely be notifying building control to avoid future complications, so seems like what I had thought about may not work. New soil stack it is in which case.

Hi, I live in a victorian terraced and have a downstairs bathroom in the extended part of the house with the soil stack running into the ground. I want to get an ensuite built on the upper floor. There are no soil stacks visible anywhere else. One thought to avoid digging up the ground outside...